[CAVO] Link to SF - LAFCO open source voting draft

[Patrick Masson]

Well below are my two suggestions. Not sure other than these if I can
provide much help related to voting systems. Will you carry these
forward, or should the OSI contact the authors directly?

Thanks,
Patrick

On Wed, 2015-05-20 at 07:47 -0700, Brent Turner wrote:
> Yes-  Comments for revision are encouraged.  I hope yourself, Larry
> and others will make time to set all matters straight so that there is
> clarity  Comment period ends June 19th so the sooner the better .. 
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 7:29 AM, Patrick Masson
> <masson at opensource.org> wrote:
> 
>         Brent,
>         
>         I was looking over the document you referenced and had a few
>         questions/concerns.
>         
>         Page one provides definitions including, "Open source: A term
>         signifying the source code would be publicly available." This
>         is an incomplete definition. It would be better to simply
>         state, "Open source software; A term used to describe software
>         caring and OSI Approved Open Source License." This definition
>         would ensure that all of the attributes of the Open Source
>         Definition, not just access to the code, are included in the
>         definition.  
>         
>         Page eight states, "Open source software is classified as a
>         GPL; hence all improved versions of the original software must
>         remain free, disallowing proprietary companies to adopt the
>         software, make changes, and sell it on their own terms." This
>         is not accurate. Open source software is software distributed
>         with an OSI Approved Open Source License, and includes
>         permissive licenses. Narrowly defining open source as only
>         software caring a GPL or copyleft license does not reflect the
>         open source software movement.
>         
>         Is there an opportunity to provide feedback? If so would
>         you/CAVO be able to introduce these? The OSI is constantly
>         challenged with the misuse of the term open source software
>         and we strive to ensure that only software caring an OSI
>         approved license uses the label. We see a lot of open washing
>         and fauxpen source out there. While this is obviously not the
>         case here, and it's clear folks are genuinely interested in
>         working with authentic open source projects, it would be best
>         to ensure constancy to avoid misunderstandings.
>         
>         Thanks,
>         Patrick 
>         
>         
>         On Mon, 2015-05-18 at 16:58 -0700, Brent Turner wrote: 
>         
>         > http://www.sfbos.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=52577
>         > 
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